Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2/8/1983

Commonwealth v. Beatty

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455 A.2d 1194
500 Pa. 284
1983 Pa. LEXIS 430

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holding that traffic violations under the Motor Vehicle Code are excluded from the remit of the compulsory joinder rule pursuant to § 110(2)(ii)
holding that traffic violations under the Motor Vehicle Code are excluded from the remit of the compulsory joinder rule pursuant to § 110(2)(ii)
holding that traffic violations under the Motor Vehicle Code are excluded from the remit of the compulsory joinder rule pursuant to § 110(2)(ii)
“It is fundamental that a rule of law should not be applied where its application fails to serve the purposes for which it was designed”
where rule of law no longer serves purpose for which it was designed, it should not be applied
\It is fundamental that a rule of law should not be applied [in a manner that] fails to serve the purposes for which it was designed.\

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Judges: O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Hutchinson

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